by Siobhan | Dec 21, 2015 | Breakfast, vegan
This porridge is great for boosting metabolism but the extra kick from the cayenne pepper also really heats you up which is great for those cold winter morning starts!
The combo of the coconut oil and cayenne work well together to speed up the body’s metabolism and thermogenesis (body’s ability to use calories to breakdown consumed food to heat up the body). Link:
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00394-012-0463-9
Green tea also benefits metabolism by increasing fat burn and preventing fat storage.
The raw cacao provides wholefood high antioxidant content, chromium plus magnesium and the cinnamon helps control blood sugar levels whilst adding flavour.
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| Metabolism boosting porridge oats |
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by Siobhan | Nov 19, 2015 | Advice, Health, Uncategorized
Too often I see people (especially women) denying themselves their favourite food on a frequent basis, many of the people I know of (male & female) who have gone through a period of restrictive eating said something along the lines of “it made me miserable” and didn’t stick with it long term, which is no surprise.
When we tell ourselves that we can’t have something, that’s when we want it most! This makes dieting difficult and is why most people who diet don’t stick with it very long & also why it tends to be followed by a period of binging. I remember watching a show a few years ago in which women were asked to follow a severely restricted diet which resulted in the women “cracking” half way through, with one eating ¾ of a packet of biscuits that
she didn’t even like simply because it was the first thing she found in her cupboard.
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by Siobhan | Nov 12, 2015 | Desserts, snack, vegan
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| secret hidden veg brownies but you wouldn’t know it! |
I made these brownies because I had some leftover pumpkin from Halloween so decided to half the amount of dates in the original recipe and swap it out for pumpkin & it turned into one of the best ideas I’ve ever had! What was even better was that the taste wasn’t compromised at all as the dates provide plenty of sweetness & the cacao gives such a rich chocolatey taste. Uh-mazing!! (more…)
by Siobhan | Nov 12, 2015 | Breakfast, vegan
I love my porridge and I’m always looking for new recipes to jazz it up, recently I’ve also been trying to use beetroot more as I know how good it is for me but I rarely use it. Then one morning this little idea popped into my head and I’m so glad it did & the colour looks amazing! Plus you don’t need to worry about the beetroot taste as the banana covers it completely, as one of my friends use to say “when you put banana into anything, it always tastes of banana & nothing else”.
Benefits of banana beetroot porridge:
Great for pre workout as the beets help blood vessels dilate meaning more oxygen gets to the muscles so they fatigue less easily, also the banana and beets are full of natural slow releasing sugars and the fibre from the oats help energy levels too!
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by Siobhan | Nov 2, 2015 | Dinner, Grainfree, Uncategorized, vegan
This sauce is so great for health but I especially love the addition of the sprouts, this ingredient makes the recipe super annoying for cancer cells as sprouts have up to 20 times more sulforaphane (SFN) than bigger cruciferous veggies like broccoli & cabbage etc.
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